No, he should have respected the Constitution and the limitations it imposes on government. If government had a real excuse for stepping outside its constitutional bounds every time some does something despicable … well, we would end up exactly where we are today – with the full support of a majority of so-called conservatives, I might add.

Ron Paul is the anti-Lincoln. I respect him for that, and so will millions of grass roots Republicans who were forced to watch “their” president singlehandedly decosntruct what was left of conservatism, the border, and common sense in the Republican Party.

It is the party of Lincoln, who singlehandedly did more to kill the idea of limited government than even both Clintons and George Bush, II. have dared to dream.

That damn bastard. He should have respected the property rights of white Southerners. Those poor oppressed slaveholders.

]]>By: Alex Wallenweinhttp://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/02/20/ron-paul-the-real-republican/#comment-12545
Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:27:40 +0000http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/02/20/ron-paul-the-real-republican/#comment-12545The GOP has never had a limited government soul. It is the party of Lincoln, who singlehandedly did more to kill the idea of limited government than even both Clintons and George Bush, II. have dared to dream.

Do not underestimate Ron Paul. He was “redistricted” back in 2002 in an attempt to remove him from Congress – and he won with a 67% landslide despite that fact. The press can silence him by ignoring him as it always has – but he is a force to be reckoned with.

]]>By: Ron Paul: The Real Republican « Tons of Fresh Newshttp://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/02/20/ron-paul-the-real-republican/#comment-12496
Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:47:17 +0000http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/02/20/ron-paul-the-real-republican/#comment-12496[…] 21, 2007 at 2:15 pm · Filed under Uncategorized Ron Paul: The Real Republican The fate of the Republican Party may depend on whether it takes what Ron Paul has to say […]
]]>By: T F Sternhttp://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/02/20/ron-paul-the-real-republican/#comment-12424
Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:57:41 +0000http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/02/20/ron-paul-the-real-republican/#comment-12424While it may not be politically savy to back Ron Paul; he’s the only true conservative in there with the rest of the pit bulls. I would also rather vote for a man with principles and character, even knowing the odds were stacked against him, just as I wrote today in my own similar article.
]]>By: Kevinhttp://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/02/20/ron-paul-the-real-republican/#comment-12423
Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:02:28 +0000http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/02/20/ron-paul-the-real-republican/#comment-12423Dave,

The neo-libertarians are thinking that because Rudy is fiscally-conservative (yes he did cut taxes, but he was also a big spender) and socially-liberal (they forget though that social liberalism has its own statist tendencies); he’s somehow pro-liberty.

]]>By: Davehttp://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/02/20/ron-paul-the-real-republican/#comment-12422
Tue, 20 Feb 2007 23:12:15 +0000http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/02/20/ron-paul-the-real-republican/#comment-12422Neo-libertarians backing Rudy Giuliani? I’m sorry, but no one who is a proponent of libertarianism would back a statist like Rudy.
]]>By: Kevinhttp://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/02/20/ron-paul-the-real-republican/#comment-12417
Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:27:53 +0000http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/02/20/ron-paul-the-real-republican/#comment-12417The problem that Ron Paul faces is that many of the limited government voters in the GOP that would vote for him under normal circumstances, are going to vote against him because of Iraq. That’s why we have so many neo-libertarians backing Rudy Guiliani.